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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashige Suwa, Tokyo, JP;
Ritsuya Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Muneharu Kuwata, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Michimori, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniko Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headlight deviceincludes a light source, a Dove prism, and a rotation mechanism. The light sourceemits light. The Dove prismchanges a propagation direction of light received at an incidence surfaceto bring the light to a reflecting surface, and changes a propagation direction of light reflected at the reflecting surfaceto output the light from an exit surface. The rotation mechanismrotatably supports the Dove prismabout a line which passes through the incidence surfaceand the exit surfaceas an axis of rotation R, and rotates the Dove prismin a direction opposite to a bank direction of a vehicle body in accordance with a bank angle k of the vehicle body.